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Traffic Down Under

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TRAFFIC is heading down under later this year, so if you want to escape from the dreary weather in Europe you could do worse than heading to the warmer climes of Australia's Gold Coast.The lineup for the event mixes business with pleasure, which is probably the best way to have it!Although the conference runs from the 18th to the 20th of November, the organisers have laid on a … [Read more...] about Traffic Down Under

DomainFest Global 2009

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DomainFest Global, which I've attended for the last two years, will be opening registration for its 2009 edition in a few days.While the organisers, Oversee.net, haven't made available any information on next year's lineup and schedule, I will be booking my ticket as soon as I can.Why?Put very simply DomainFest is a wonderful event.The cost of attending isn't that high, if … [Read more...] about DomainFest Global 2009

Chitika Launches Parking Solution

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While many parking companies seem to be having issues it's interesting to see a new "player" entering the foray.Chitika, which is best known for it's "blog friendly" advertising solutions, has just launched a domain parking solution called "Chitika for Domains".The "beta" nature of the solution reveals itself very quickly if you try to explore it in any great depth. In less … [Read more...] about Chitika Launches Parking Solution

Battelle Gives Domainers a Shout Out

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John Battelle is one of the keynote speakers at DomainFest this year.In the most recent post to his blog he's been asking a few interesting questions about the domain industry. They're probably the most obvious questions someone could ask, but that doesn't make it any easier to actually answer them accurately:A few things I'd love to know with some authority:- Overall size of … [Read more...] about Battelle Gives Domainers a Shout Out

Nominet Position Paper on Front Running

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Nominet has published a very detailed and comprehensive position paper on "front running". Although the paper is a mere 5 pages long it covers all the areas that the topic encompasses very well and is well worth a read.The topic of "front running" has received some publicity in the last few months. If you're not familiar with the concept Nominet's definition is helpful:Domain … [Read more...] about Nominet Position Paper on Front Running

I Congreso de dominios – Madrid October 9th

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There will be a one day domain congress in Madrid next month organised by the people behind ForumDominios.comThe day's lineup looks quite interesting and covers topics such as the Spanish domain market, monetisation strategies, legal issues, dotmobi, the future of the .es namespace and other topics.Full details and registration is on their site (in Spanish) … [Read more...] about I Congreso de dominios – Madrid October 9th

Domain Pricing – What’s Going On?

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Domain pricing is always an emotive subject.In recent discussions among Nominet members it came up as part of a discussion on drop-catching and domaining. Some people feel that the fees are too high, while others feel that they need to be increased significantly in order to discourage domainers. Within the Irish internet community the upcoming change to policy regarding … [Read more...] about Domain Pricing – What’s Going On?